Sports Communication at University of Mount Olive

What traits are you looking for in a sports communication school? To help you decide if University of Mount Olive is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's sports communication program.

UMO is located in Mount Olive, North Carolina and approximately 2,536 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 4 students received a bachelor's degree in sports communication from UMO.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Sports Communication section at the bottom of this page.

UMO Sports Communication Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Sports Communication

UMO Sports Communication Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the sports communication progam at UMO compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The sports communication major at UMO is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Sports Communication. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
	22
	23
	29
	31

Sports Communication Student Demographics at UMO

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the sports communication majors at University of Mount Olive.

UMO Sports Communication Bachelor’s Program

Of the 4 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Sports Communication from UMO in 2020-2021, 75% were men and 25% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 23% more racial-ethnic minorities in its sports communication bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Mount Olive with a bachelor's in sports communication.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	1
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

UMO also has a doctoral program available in sports communication. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

Careers That Sports Communication Grads May Go Into

A degree in sports communication can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for NC, the home state for University of Mount Olive.

Occupation	Jobs in NC	Average Salary in NC
Public Relations Specialists	4,750	$64,450
Communications Professors	1,000	$65,770
Reporters and Correspondents	930	$41,660
Radio and Television Announcers	820	$50,600
Artist, Athlete, and Performer Agents and Business Managers	350	$74,210

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Mount Olive College under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.